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Unicode C

CSV Append New Row

Demonstrates how to append a new row to a CSV.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkCsvW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    BOOL bCrlf;
    HCkStringBuilderW sb;
    HCkCsvW csv;
    HCkCsvW csvTemp;
    int numCols;
    int i;
    int row;

    success = FALSE;

    //  We have the following CSV...

    //  permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
    //  lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
    //  mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
    //  flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
    //  infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
    //  gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed

    bCrlf = TRUE;
    sb = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkStringBuilderW_AppendLine(sb,L"permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilderW_AppendLine(sb,L"lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilderW_AppendLine(sb,L"mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilderW_AppendLine(sb,L"flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilderW_AppendLine(sb,L"infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a",bCrlf);
    CkStringBuilderW_AppendLine(sb,L"gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed",bCrlf);

    csv = CkCsvW_Create();

    CkCsvW_putHasColumnNames(csv,TRUE);
    success = CkCsvW_LoadFromString(csv,CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sb));

    //  Let's say we want to append the following row:
    //  yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a

    //  If we have the row as-is, we could do this:
    csvTemp = CkCsvW_Create();
    success = CkCsvW_LoadFromString(csvTemp,L"yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a");
    numCols = CkCsvW_getNumColumns(csvTemp);
    i = 0;
    row = CkCsvW_getNumRows(csv);
    while (i < numCols) {
        CkCsvW_SetCell(csv,row,i,CkCsvW_getCell(csvTemp,0,i));
        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  Show the updated CSV:
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCsvW_saveToString(csv));

    //  Output should be:
    //  permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
    //  lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
    //  mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
    //  flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
    //  infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
    //  gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed
    //  yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a


    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sb);
    CkCsvW_Dispose(csv);
    CkCsvW_Dispose(csvTemp);

    }